Paul Dano is getting again within the director’s chair and can reunite along with his “Swiss Military Man” collaborators Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (higher often known as The Daniels), a person with data of the undertaking advised IndieWire.
Dano is writing the script for an untitled comedy that shall be set at Common Photos beneath The Daniels’ total take care of the studio, and he’s additionally in talks to direct the movie, which might be his sophomore function and his first film since 2018’s “Wildlife.”
Plot particulars are being stored beneath wraps for the movie.
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang will produce by means of their Playgrounds banner through the general take care of Common Photos. Dano can also be in talks to provide.
The Daniels are presently engaged on their follow-up to their Greatest Image-winning movie “The whole lot All over the place All At As soon as,” which can also be nonetheless untitled however is about for a launch date of July 12, 2026. Dano’s movie is among the solely movies they’re solely meant to provide beneath their deal.
Dano was the star of 2016’s “Swiss Military Man,” the primary function directed by The Daniels and which premiered at Sundance in 2016, and it starred Dano as a person stranded on a abandoned island who finds his approach to security because of the assistance of a farting corpse performed by Daniel Radcliffe (and also you thought scorching canine fingers had been bizarre).
Dano’s “Wildlife” in 2018 starred Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal and was a coming-of-age story a few teenage boy grappling along with his mom’s demeanor after their father abandons them to take a harmful job. The film was nominated for 3 Movie Impartial Spirit Awards.
Since then, Dano’s additionally acted in movies like “The Batman,” “Dumb Cash,” “Okja,” and Common’s “The Fabelmans.” He’s additionally been busy on TV with tasks like “Escape from Dannemora,” “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” and most lately “The Studio.”
Senior Govt Vice President of Manufacturing Growth Erik Baiers will oversee the undertaking for the studio.
Dano is represented by WME, Nameless Content material and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher. Daniels and Playgrounds are represented by Mosaic and Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich, Goodell & Gellman. Wang is represented by Granderson Des Rochers.
Deadline first reported the information.